Scottish Daily Mail

WHIPS, CHIPS AND GOVE’S GOSSIP

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so HoW does the late Tory MP sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon — whose riotous diaries reveal a Nazi-admiring friend to the royals with a voracious sexual appetite for men and women — compare with modern MPs? Michael Gove, in virtual conversati­on with simon Heffer who edited the diaries, said: ‘I was one of the most spectacula­rly incompeten­t Chief Whips any government has ever had. but as Chief Whip you realise people in politics take more risks and by their very nature have more colourful lifestyles. Moving to London can lead to all sorts of temptation Chips Channon style.’ asked if he was referring to any specific MPs, Gove said: ‘Time for the next question.’

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